Paul S

What a soap opera!

Long of horn, short of scale. I've had a couple and love them. As a single neck they are eye-catching enough but a double neck will certain command attention. They have a certain sound that is so cool IMO. They are made from a material called Masonite which is basically hardboard. That and the hollow body made them so light but not especially robust. I currently have a Dano '56 single cut - another shorty that sounds and plays exactly the same as the Longhorn but with a different body shape.

I went for the middle ground and had a bass made by Adrian Maruszczyk via his custom shop configurator. Choices are not infinite but more than enough to get a bass that suited me - a lightweight 5 string Precision with a narrow neck. Fender didn't make one so this was perfect. At every stage you get plenty of options for material and finish for body, neck, fingerboard, neck markers, binding, headstock, frets, hardware, electrics, bridge. So not exactly an actual custom made bass as it is made within certain parameters, but you end up with a bass that is pretty exactly as you specify for a good deal less than an actual custom shop job. Mine arrived on my doorstep after a 3 month wait and cost a whisker under £1500 including delivery, a SKB hard case and leather strap. I couldn't be happier with it, I must say. But then I quite like my basses to be traditional shapes. If I wanted one of those cartoon whale single cuts or something that looks like a piece from a jig-saw puzzle this route wouldn't suit.

Some of the old Trace Elliot heads had compressors. Hi and Low, as I recall.

I have these on all my basses. Absolutely love them - the feel of them, the tension, the tone.

I own and use short scale basses at the moment and like them a lot. Totally sold on them, in fact. So it isn't the merits or otherwise of a short scale length that concern me. The particular bass I am musing over, according to the measurement I have been given, is a 26" scale and, as such, I was wondering about strings. Specifically the physical side of getting them to actually fit without cutting longer scale length strings with the associated issues of the tapes unravelling..

I have half an eye on a very short scale bass but, unusually for me, have started to think about the practical issues. Not the least of which are strings. What are the options for instruments with 26-27" scale length? I am thinking pretty limited. How do folks with those extra short scale basses get on? Especially flatwound strings? Muchas gracias

8-10, apparently. No idea re outside space! Played there once indoors and it was dark when I arrived

The miracle, so far as I can see, is having a fitted hard case. Who knew such a thing existed?

Nowhere near as light, you are quite right. And I'd guess the 301 would be lighter still, with only the one pup and associated electrical gubbins. Oh dear..... I fear this may end up being expensive 😁

I love the look of these 301/302s. Something simplistically elegant about the design. My inevitable question is - how much do they weigh?

5th September for me, too. My blues rock trio has been offered an outdoor gig. Yippee! The Pickerel Inn, Stowmarket, if anyone wants to come along and heckle.

QC with most businesses will wax and wane, of course.

Did he ever play a Wal?

Did it come with earwax and a dog's tooth?

I dropped a jar of marmalade on the floor once and, when clearing it up, found there was broken glass inside! A narrow escape. I wrote to Robertsons but they ignored me. Nicked from Viz. 😁

Crikey. Could have done with strides like that after my vasectomy. More ballroom than the Lyceum, matron.

Funnily enough I've been listening to this a lot lately, too. Drummer mate of mine wants to record it. I mentioned to him a few days ago when he was wanted to do the recording and he said 'Midnight Moses, not Amos Moses. Pay attention at the back! ' 😁

For me, 'new music' is how I categorise something I haven't heard before. Doesn't matter when it was released. And I'll either like it or not, whatever the genre.

Ii imagine you were expecting a blue tooth headset, not a white tooth one.

Jazz bass with a slipped disc.

I downloaded a free decibel meter app on my phone. Is it accurate? No idea. Nor do I have any idea why I have added this comment but there you are.

Dead baby song. That is cruel. (snigger) For my taste EC hasn't played a good solo since Cream. As said above, he moved to Fenders and in doing so seemed to forget about the bridge pickup or, indeed, that the tone control can open up a bit more. Everything sounded like it was played on a kazoo. It is sometimes hard to believe that the sheer aggression of something like 'Spoonful', for example, is the same guy. That said I quite like a few of his pop tunes - 'Lay Down Sally' bounces along gently - but generally I prefer my music a bit edgier.

Damnation, I forgot, I also have a Danelectro 56 single cutaway. Oops.

One of the albums that kind of gets passed by is the 1995 release 'Walk On Water' where they all got back together again, albeit briefly. Back to form, I'd say. They re-did a couple of old favourites including a fab version of 'Lights Out' but the stand out track for me was 'Pushed To The Limit'